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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503148

MAINTENANCE,FALL,AERIAL LIFT

Event
MAINTENANCE,FALL,AERIAL LIFT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14503148
Report ID
729700

Event description

FALL FROM (OR WITH) AN AERIAL LIFT

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SERVICING PARKING LOT LIGHTS WHILE STANDING IN THE BASKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT. THE LIFT SUDDENLY RETRACTED, THROWING THE EMPLOYEE TO THE GROUND. H E WAS KILLED.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    25
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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